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Around 230 Uzbek companies and governors of Tashkent, Fergana and Andijan regions accompanied Mirziyoyev to Belarus.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because the overland freight route linking China to Europe increasingly runs through Kazakhstan and the Caspian instead of Russia, reshaping who controls east-west trade and giving Beijing and Ankara leverage Moscow used to hold—while unresolved Fergana Valley water and border disputes could still ignite fighting between neighbors.
Part of the monitored dynamic Central Asia Realignment · VUCA INDEX 52/100
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INGESTED ARTICLETIER 2JUL 10
news.az — Why Uzbekistan elevated relations with Belarus after Kazakhstan and Georgia
"Around 230 Uzbek companies and business organisations accompanied Mirziyoyev to Belarus, together with the governors of the Tashkent, Fergana and Andijan regions"
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Extracted by pipeline v0.5 (claude-opus-4-8) from news.az · approved by christopher@vucanews.com JUL 10.
Extracted JUL 10; approved JUL 10 at 0.55.
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- Uzbekistan established a strategic partnership with Georgia shortly before the Belarus visit.
- Uzbekistan-Belarus bilateral trade nearly tripled over five years, approaching US$1 billion, with around 360 joint ventures.
- Uzbek President Mirziyoyev visited Belarus on 8-9 July 2026 and signed a Declaration on the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership.
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